01feb2014
- Software in 2014
- Tim Bray on the state of software development in 2014. Nothing
surprising and nice to have a frustrating client-side landscape
validated. It’s sad that all the energy is in creating less capable
interfaces in mobile and browser-based environments. UI design is
taking a big step backward because of technology change.
- Meanwhile at code.org
- A reminder that Seymour Papert was trying to teach children to
reason about mathematical ideas and that programming was a means to
an end, not the end itself. This is a reaction to
code.org’s mission to bring programming to
secondary schools.
- Bitcoin - The Internet of Money
- This author is optimistic about the opportunity to disrupt the
financial sector, but he is still not very clear on what problems
need to be solved...
- Can Do vs Can’t Do Cultures
- ...And related to that, Andreesen Horowitz has invested in Bitcoin,
and Ben Horowitz suggests that people stop hating on Bitcoin just
because we don’t know what to do with it yet.
- How Netflix Reinvented HR
- This is a recent version of Netflix’s culture deck. There is an
interview with Netflix’s CEO, but you will have to pay for a copy
of it if not already subscribing to HBR. Caution: you have to
consider what Netflix is doing in the context of your own industry
to evaluate if all they do makes sense.
- Trey Anastasio Band 2014 Winter Tour
- TAB started their winter tour last week which will end in
Indianapolis on February 15. Set lists and torrents of audience
tapes are here.
Scott Schneider’s recordings of the Denver shows are pretty good.
